A joint exhibition by EKA Textile Department and Kreenholm textile artists on printed-fabric making
Exhibition From sketch to printed fabric opens at NART in September and brings together archival materials from Kreenholm textile artists and contemporary printed fabrics by students of the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA). The exhibition focuses on the “backstage” of printed textiles: the rules and working steps that turn a motif into a production-ready fabric, how the repeat (rapport) and pattern rhythm are constructed, and how colour separation and registration shape the final result. The archive presents sketches, repeats, colour studies and print proofs, while EKA students’ large-scale digital prints continue the same logic in a contemporary form. An installative printing table with technical samples and tools introduces key steps of the screen-printing process, and visitors can also experiment with creating their own patterns and seeing them instantly repeated.
Time: 6.09.2026–10.01.2027
Opening event: 5.09.2026
Location: Narva Art Residency (NART)
Exhibitio team: Alyona Movko-Mägi, Eva Reiska, Piret Valk, Krista Leesi
Funded by Cultural Endowment of Estonia